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Fun Facts About Harry Potter Character Draco Malfoy

WARNING: This article contains spoilers from book 7.

Ever since Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Draco Malfoy has been an enemy of Harry Potter. Draco Malfoy hates anything that has to do with Muggle-born wizards, including Harry’s friend Hermione. This Harry Potter character seems driven towards a life that is similar to his father’s, but is Draco Malfoy really cut out to be a Death Eater? Here are just some of the fun facts about the Harry Potter character.

Fun Facts about Harry Potter Character Draco Malfoy #1: Meaning Behind His Name

This Harry Potter character has a rather interesting name. Draco is actually Latin for the word dragon, while his last name is French for “bad faith. When you consider this name fully, dragon of bad faith, you could take it to mean that while Draco’s father has faith in Draco becoming a Death Eater (because of his son’s attitude) but his faith in his son may be wrong.

Fun Facts about Harry Potter Character Draco Malfoy #2: Birth Date

Draco Malfoy’s birth date is June 5, 1980. This fact is really interesting. This means that in book 7 he would of course be 17, but Tom Felton who plays Draco Malfoy will be in his 20s when the filming for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows takes place.

Fun Facts about Harry Potter Character Draco Malfoy #3: Quidditch Seeker

In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Draco Malfoy becomes a Quidditch Seeker for the Slytherin team. Whether he was actually good at Quidditch or was put on the team because his father had money is uncertain.

Fun Facts about Harry Potter Character Draco Malfoy #4: More Bark than Bite

This Harry Potter character struts through the series as if he is God’s gift to wizards. Draco Malfoy may act like he’s brave and tough, but without his friends Crabbe and Goyle, he isn’t so cocky. In other words, he’s more bark than bite.

Fun Facts about Harry Potter Character Draco Malfoy #5: Slytherin Prefect

In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Draco Malfoy becomes a Prefect for Slytherin House. This title doesn’t last long though. In book 6, this Harry Potter character is no longer the Slytherin Prefect.

Fun Facts about Harry Potter Character Draco Malfoy #6: Replacement for His Father

After Lucius Malfoy was sent to Azkaban, Voldemort chooses Draco for his replacement. Obviously, Draco Malfoy is only sixteen years old and isn’t ready to become a Death Eater. But, he honestly doesn’t have a choice in the matter.

Fun Facts about Harry Potter Character Draco Malfoy #7: Couldn’t Perform His Duties

While it is a fact that Voldemort chose Draco Malfoy to kill Dumbledore, Draco simply couldn’t do it. The act was carried about Severus Snape. Little did Draco Malfoy know that this plan had already been considered before that night ever took place.

Fun Facts about Harry Potter Character Draco Malfoy #8: Is Twice Saved by Harry Potter

In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter saves this character not once, but twice. He saves Draco Malfoy from a room filled with fire and when Draco is trying to prove to a Death Eater that he is in fact Lucius Malfoy’s son.